HMVC VS Modular Separation VS Matchbox

[eluser]Phil Sturgeon[/eluser]
Modular Separation

- Actively maintained
- Supports CodeIgniter 1.7.2 and 2.0-dev
- Supports language fallback (if no other lang file, uses English)
- Supports $route['404'] = 'some_controller' which is massively useful.
- Does not support HMVC cross-loading of module controllers.
- Written for PHP 5 only (quicker, smaller code).

Matchbox

- No longer actively maintained. All of its features have been implemented into Modular Separation (but for a while this was the KING).
- Only supports CodeIgniter 1.7.2.
- Does not support HMVC cross-loading of module controllers.
- Supports PHP 4 and 5 so its a little slower.
- Fun fact: Previously called Modular Separation ~2 years ago, but these projects are NOT RELATED AT ALL.

Modular Extensions (HMVC)

- No longer actively maintained.
- Supports HMVC cross-loading of modules.
- Supports PHP 4 and 5 so its a little slower.

I use Modular Separation for any project that needs modules, which is why I keep it maintained and supported.